Curriculum Objective
Objective
Framework Objectives
Appropriate use of diagnostic tools. Because disease prevalence is usually lower in a family practice setting than in a specialty service, the predictive value of many investigations is poor; tests that are useful in a specialty discipline are of little or no value in a family practice.
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Tags

Basic Sciences
Diagnosis
CanMEDS Roles
Medical Expert
Discipline
Family medicine
Level Of Competence
Knows How - Clerkship
MeSH
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures [E01.370]
Objective Type
Core

Related Objectives

Parent Objective

The learner will be able to describe how common illnesses present differently in the family practice environment than in the specialist setting:

Child Objectives

This objective has no child objectives.